Monthly Archives: December 2009

Christopher conducts an experiment wearing his Star Wars Clone Trooper helmet: he throws lego blocks at his head, but it doesn’t hurt! Amelia grabs a light saber and wants to get in on the action with her big brothers!

Presents under the tree on Christmas Eve… The big boys got up early to rip open their presents. Jeffrey got a  "Small Green Dinosaur" and Christopher a "Guitar from Target." How did Santa know what they wanted?   The twins got … Continue reading →

Naughty Amelia loves playing with the ornaments on the Christmas tree. We once found her eating one of the sugar canes too!  (Kevin knows he has to stay away from the tree.)

The boys made this "ship" to "go back to Shanghai and see Xiao Xu, Xiao Wu (our Ayi’s), Ms. Chen (their playroom teacher), and Sophie (Christopher’s fiance)." They say it takes a while to get to Shanghai, so they will … Continue reading →

Kevin finally started taking a few steps on his own recently at 16 1/2 months. But he is still faster than Christopher, who didn’t start walking until he was 19 months old.

We had a historical amount of snow in the DC/Virginia area a week ago. The big boys, who had never seen so much snow before in their lives, had a great time playing in the snow.   Christopher and Jeffrey, together with their … Continue reading →

We made a weekend trip to New York. Christopher and Jeffrey really liked the Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center (though it was freezing outside!). We also met up with some friends whom we hadn’t seen in a while. The kids … Continue reading →

The twins got these teddy bears from their great uncle and great aunt in NY. And the big boys got these snowman chocolates from them. Thank you Dr. and Mrs. Shinya! They each also got these sweaters from China. Thank you … Continue reading →

"Angel Jeffrey" before his school’s Christmas performance. On to the stage!.. but where is Jeffrey? There he is!

Yumi started making candle holder decorations like this one.